CALS Business Operations – August 2023 Newsletter

Spring blooms frame the Talley Student Center on a warm spring afternoon. Photo by Becky Kirkland.

Read the August 2023 Business Operations Newsletter for the latest business updates and reminders.

This month’s newsletter includes information on the following:

  • Phishing attacks
  • The StateView Hotel special room rates for employees
  • CALS Workshop account reminder
  • NC Ag Foundation reminders
  • Safe-T-Works drug screening costs
  • Updated CBO training resources
  • Department Head delegated authority updates
  • Sunsetting of the CBO helpline
  • Hotel prepayment reminder
  • International travel and conference reminders
  • Attachments to ServiceNow incidents
  • Procurement reminders
  • Required documentation for all forms of payment
  • Processing of ServiceNow incidents
  • University guidelines related to group meals, conferences and meetings
  • Reminder for purchasing food and beverages for breakrooms
  • New travel subsistence rates
  • New travel guides on the CBO website
  • Tips to avoid travel denials
  • Guidance on personal travel and most economical travel
  • Travel mileage rate changes
  • Parking limit increase at RDU
  • Accounts Receivable deposit guides and resources
  • Format for back-up journals
  • New process for requisitions between $5,000 and $25,000
  • Requesting personal reimbursement
  • Dean’s signature for AP-107 form
  • Clarification on alcohol and corking fees
  • REU stipend payments
  • PCard deadlines and reminders
  • SDC submission reminder
  • New FY 23-24 special benefit rates
  • RED implementation
  • Sponsored Programs report for RPT dossiers
  • NIH’s update to policy on Subaward/Consortium Written Agreements
  • National Science Foundation required plan for off-campus work
  • NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy
  • CBO staff updates